Cornelius Hartung enlisted in the Union Army on July 10, 1863, soon after Battle of Gettysburg. He left his wife and two children (William and Anne) at home. He came home on leave during the winter of 1863-1864. When Cornelius left again in the spring of 1864, his wife was pregnant with their third child (Kate). He was injured “by a gun shot wound in calf of left leg, received at the battle of Winchester, Virginia on Sept 19, 1864” according to the surgeon’s report. The battle is known as Opequan Creek or Third Winchester. He was hospitalized at Philadelphia Hospital, then at Armory Square Hospital in Washington DC, and honorably discharged on April 26, 1865. Cornelius died on Jan 4, 1915, and is buried in St Peter’s Cemetery, Arlington Avenue, Pittsburgh. He was born in Morles, Kurhessen, Germany on December 6, 1836 and emigrated to United States in 1856.
2nd Lieutenant Willliam McConway is listed on the Pennsylvania Monument at the Gettygsburg National Military Park. He was promoted from Sergeant Major to 2nd Lieutenant on 2 July 1863, just as the regiment rolled into Gettysburg.
